Add metadata/XMP to psb file

Is it possible to add metadata/XMP to a .psb file? In Bridge the File Info Panel option is greyed out, and so are all the fields in the metadata panel.
If it's not possible to add metadata to a psb file, can anyone suggest a suitable solution so that when I save a JPEG from the psb file, I can easily get the metadata for the image into that JPEG file? I want to make sure that if I later make some changes to the psb and re-save as a JPEG, all the metadata that was in the original JPEG would not get lost (or if it does get lost, there's an easy way to add it back again).
Thanks
Dave

Thanks for the info, I tried saving a RAW file as a psb like you suggested, and it did indeed let me add metadata in Bridge.
So I did some more testing, and I still have no idea why I can't add metadata/XMP to these two psb files I have. They were both created by PTGUI, but I just tried creating a new psb file with PTGUI, and I could add metadata to it okay, so it doesn't seem PTGUI is causing the problem. I also tried making the file large dimensions and megabytes wise (like the two problem files), and still I could add metadata to it okay, so it doesn't seem that large file size or dimensions is the problem either.
So the solution seems to be to take a new psb file, copy all the layers from the problem psb into it, and then save the new psb file and delete the old one, then I can add metadata to the new psb file okay.
Thanks for the help
Dave

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Revision: 12379
Revision: 12379
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2009-12-02 10:33:56 -0800 (Wed, 02 Dec 2009)
Log Message:
Add metadata to new utils file.
QE notes:
Doc notes:
Bugs: SDK-23930
Reviewer: Deepa
Tests run: checkintests
Is noteworthy for integration: no
Ticket Links:
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